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(A) General authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary may waive for a State, or a local area in
a State, pursuant to a request submitted by the Governor of the
State (in consultation with appropriate local elected
officials) that meets the requirements of subparagraph (B)--

(i) any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of
subtitle B or this subtitle (except for requirements
relating to wage and labor standards, including
nondisplacement protections, worker rights, participation
and protection of workers and participants, grievance
procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination,
allocation of funds to local areas, eligibility of
providers or participants, the establishment and functions
of local areas and local boards, and procedures for review
and approval of plans); and

(ii) any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of
sections 8 through 10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C.
49g through 49i) (excluding requirements relating to the
provision of services to unemployment insurance claimants
and veterans, and requirements relating to universal access
to basic labor exchange services without cost to jobseekers).

(B) Requests.--A Governor requesting a waiver under
subparagraph (A) shall submit a plan to the Secretary to
improve the statewide workforce investment system that--

(i) identifies the statutory or regulatory requirements
that are requested to be waived and the goals that the State or local area in the State, as appropriate, intends
to achieve as a result of the waiver;

(ii) describes the actions that the State or local
area, as appropriate, has undertaken to remove State or
local statutory or regulatory barriers;

(iii) describes the goals of the waiver and the
expected programmatic outcomes if the request is granted;

(iv) describes the individuals impacted by the waiver; and

(v) describes the process used to monitor the progress
in implementing such a waiver, and the process by which notice and an opportunity to comment on such request has been provided to the local board.

(C) Conditions.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the original submission of a request for a waiver under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide a waiver under
this paragraph if and only to the extent that--

(i) the Secretary determines that the requirements
requested to be waived impede the ability of the State or local area, as appropriate, to implement the plan described in subparagraph (B); and

(ii) the State has executed a memorandum of
understanding with the Secretary requiring such State to meet, or ensure that the local area meets, agreed-upon outcomes and to implement other appropriate measures to ensure accountability.